bindo

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  1. Hey there,

    Yes I would if I could given half the chance. You got me right on the money... so the qigong is what controls things. I heard some people talking they said men have the qi and woman have the chi and thats why we are attracted to one another is this so? Or do we both have it? Please excuse all my questions. hope you don't mind. Thank you so much. Mel

    We both have it. In chinese herbology it is said men benefit more from chi tonics and women benefit more from blood tonics.

     

    Chi and qi are the same. Just two different spellings.


  2. Are you being serious? The only point is it wasn't Taoist as is this thread. So it's highjacking a Taoist thread off to another school. And it's confusing because it doesn't disclaim that it is a whole new subject, not Taoism. That's dishonest. It makes no difference if it was buddha, hundu, sufi, or whatever.

    Are you being serious? Let me remind you of something. This isn't your thread. To you, he asked a question about Taoism. To me, he is seeking a spiritual understanding.

     

    The only other "school" brought into this thread has been the school of spiritual truth that exists in all schools since the beginning of time.

     

    Why don't we leave it up to Everything to decide, since it's his thread.


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    I gather Sri Nisargadatta is a Hindu, not a Buddhist then? Perhaps a Moslem? Maybe a sufi mystic? Beats me. What's so funny about someone not into any of the above and trying to discuss taoist sources not knowing who the heck he is? I don't know who he is either. "Spare you my ignorance" I can't, I don't know who he is, but I can assure you that "spare me your ignorance" is entirely without merit and barely within insult policy margins that are stretching under its pressure. Please try to talk to people instead of belittling them for not being into your thing.

     

    -- Sword of tao sheathed

    Try telling this to Tao99, not me. He's the one jumping to all kinds of incorrect conclusions. If you guys don't know who he is, why would you automatically assume he is a Buddhist? Ever hear of google?

     

    Did I make multiple postings in an attempt to hijack this thread? No.

    Is Sri Nisargadatta a Buddhist? No.

    Did he mention anything about Buddha or Buddhism? No.

     

    Not to mention I know slightly more than nothing about Buddhism and have little, if any, interest in it.

     

    I don't appreciate your condescending tone, Taomeow. Tao99 was clearly the aggressor.

     

    Excuse me for trying to help the OP out. We can't have any of that around here.


  4. "If you seek reality you must set yourself free of all backgrounds, of all cultures, of all patterns of thinking and feeling. Even the idea of being man or woman, or even human, should be discarded. The ocean of life contains all, not only humans. So, first of all, abandon all self-identification, stop thinking of yourself as such-and-such, so-and-so, this or that. Abandon all self-concern, worry not about your welfare, material or spiritual, abandon every desire, gross or subtle, stop thinking of achievement of any kind. You are complete here and now, you need absolutely nothing."

     

    Sri Nisargadatta

     

    This is what's meant by "decreasing". Think of the uncarved block.